The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to October 25 - http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight. Highlights this week include: Franklin's Gull, Purple Sandpiper, and White-eyed Vireo. Updates of the birds in the area can be viewed through eBird on LPBO's main web-pagewww.birdscanada.org/lpbo . Help to contribute to sightings in the Long Point area by submitting your sightings to eBbird at www.ebird.ca or by sharing them with us at lpbo@birdscanada.org. The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us atwww.birdscanada.org/lpbo and check out the 2012 LPBO Program Report. Your best source for information about the birds and birding sites around Long Point can be found in A Birding Guide to the Long Point Area by Ron Ridout available here. Directions to Long Point can be found here - http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbovisit&lang=EN Good birding, Stu